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Welcome to Norway (In A Nutshell!)
We are a group of local Explorer and Network members
from the County of West Yorkshire and we have put this
pack together because in 2020, we will be traveling to
Norway to achieve our Explorer Belt. The Explorer Belt is one
Norway in a nutshell
of the hardest Awards to get in Scouting as you have to
undertake a 10-day expedition in another country with a
minimum travelling time of 50 hours over the 10 days, by
foot, cycle, horse, canoe, boat or dinghy.
We are taking on this challenge in Norway!
We chose Norway because it looks like the perfect place to
go. Norway has amazing mountains to climb and stunning
fjords (rivers) to explore so it looks like the perfect place to
go to take our Explorer Belt on!
As well as this Norway has a long and interesting history
including Vikings, though we don’t plan on running into any
of those when we are there.
As part of our trip to Norway, we will take time to learn
about the culture and history through taking time to meet
the people of Norway.
Hopefully this pack will give you a taste of what that will be
like and as a reward for completing this pack you can
purchase this badge, which can be worn on your uniform!
To order your badge visit www.wyscouts.org.uk (bulk orders
from leaders only no individuals)
Explorer Belt
Norwegian food
Badges Covered: Timings:
Norway in a nutshell
Explor
30-40 minutes
er
World
Challen
ge Area
Instructions: You will need...:
1. Pre heat waffle iron For home-made waffles:
2. Beat eggs and sugar until fluffy. • Waffle Iron, Bowls, whisks, sieve
3. Pour in shortening, milk, salt, and • 2 Eggs
vanilla; Mix until well blended. • 2 tablespoons White sugar
4. Sift together the flour and baking • 3 tablespoons Shortening
powder. • 1 ¾ cups of Milk
5. Mix the flour into the liquid • 1 teaspoon Salt
6. Spoon 2/3 cups of batter onto the • 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
preheated iron at a time. Close • 1 ½ cups of Plain flour
the iron and cook until steam is • 3 ½ teaspoons Baking powder
no longer coming out and waffle • Squirty cream
is browned • Fresh fruit
7. Add toppings • Any other toppings of your choice
8. Enjoy!
This activity can be tailored to suit your
section, have fun get creative and we For pre made waffles:
hope they taste as good as they sound! • Pre made waffles
• Squirty cream
• Fresh fruit
• Any other toppings of your choice
This can still count towards your
international badge too!
#NIAN2020Explorer Belt
Norwegian food (2)
Badges Covered: Timings:
Norway in a nutshell
Explor
er
1.5 -2 hours
World
Challen
ge Area
Instructions: You will need...:
• Cover potatoes with water and cook • potato ricer, bowls, pastry
until tender cloth, griddle pan
• Run hot potatoes through potato • 10lbs of peeled potatoes
ricer and place into large bowl. • ½ cup of butter
• Beat butter, cream, salt and sugar in • 1.3 cups heavy cream
to the hot riced potatoes and leave • 1 tablespoon of salt
to cool to room temp • 1 table spoon of white sugar
• Stir flour into mixture • 2 ½ cups of all-purpose flour
• Pull off pieces of dough and form
into walnut sized balls
• Lightly flour a pastry cloth and roll
out Lefse balls to 1/8 inch thickness.
• Cook on a hot griddle (200C) until
bubbles form and each side has
browned
• Place on damp towel to cool slightly
before serving.
#NIAN2020Explorer Belt
Word searches
Badges Covered: Timings:
Norway in a nutshell
15-20 minutes
Instructions:
In the resource pack there are two versions of word searches.
One is for beavers and cubs, one is for the older sections to
work on. Print out enough copies for the amount of young
people you have and see how quickly you can find all the
words!
Send us a tweet (@wysglobal) or Facebook post (Tag
wysglobal) using #NIAN2020 telling us how fast you found all
the words!
Are there any words you don’t recognise?
Try to find out what they are or mean!
#NIAN2020Explorer Belt
Viking Boat Regatta
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1 or 2 meeting nights
Instructions: You will need...:
Vikings used to sail in long boats, so why not • Ample supply of good
create your own! Out of cardboard of course. quality card board .
• Lots of tape
In meeting one: • Scissors/other cutting tool
• Use our resources to help your group such as a knife (BUT BE
build a Viking long boat, SAFE)
• Decorate the boat using a Viking • Ideas on how to build a
scheme to represent who you are Viking long boat
In meeting two (Optional) • Coloured Pens and pencils
• Take your boats to a water source, and
paddle in your boat
• Have a race to see whose boat is faster
• See whose boat lasts longer
Remember to stay safe and ensure you have a
competent swimmer who can perform rescues
if needed.
If you choose not to race your boats you could
have a competition to create the best-looking
boat!
#NIAN2020Explorer Belt
Kubb
Badges Covered: Timings:
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Explor 20-30 minutes
er
World
Challen
ge Area
Instructions: You will need...:
There are 2 teams of 1 – 6 players per team. • 6 x Batons
Basic rules • 10 x Kubb Blocks
- The aim of the game is to knock over all the • 1 x King
other teams Kubb blocks and then the King. • 6 Ground Stakes
- Team 1 will throw all their batons at the • 50m + Rope
opposing Kubb blocks in attempt to knock
them over, once all batons are thrown then
it is Team 2’s go. Batons can only be
thrown underarm.
Once all the opposing teams Kubb blocks are
knocked over, the throwing team can throw to
knock over the King
In the resource pack you will find a beaver and cub
version of the game and a scout and explorer
version as well as alternative game tools if you
don’t have a set of kubb. And how the game should
be set up to play!
#NIAN2020Explorer Belt
Nordic Origami – Viking boat
Timings:
Norway in a nutshell
Badges Covered:
10-15 minutes to make
10-15 minute to play games
with
Activity: You will need...:
This simple origami can be done with all
sections! Instructions for this activity can 1 piece of A4 plain paper
be found in the resource pack. ¼ of a piece of A4 paper
Pencil/kebab/icelolly stick
Once you have made your Viking boats why
not decorate them?
Tweet us a picture (@wysglobal) using the
#NIAN2020 of your Nordic boats!
Why not have a competition to see who’s
boat can last the longest in water or hold
the most weight for the longest time?
Tell us your groups record via twitter or
Facebook!
#NIAN2020Explorer Belt
Norway Scout promise
Badges Covered: Timings:
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Explor
15-30 minutes
er
World
Challen
ge Area
Instructions:
As part of your international challenge badge, why not learn or run a
meeting for younger sections that includes the Norwegian scout
promise?
You could learn the promise in groups a line at a time and then recite
the promise at the end of the section meeting
Alternatively, you could play games to make the learning more fun, for
example relay races where you pair the English version with the
Norwegian version. Be creative with this resource and let us know on
Twitter or Facebook (@WYSGlobal) what you got up to! Better yet,
send us a video of your young people reciting the scout promise in
Norwegian!
The Norwegian scout promise and the English translation can be found
in the NIAN Resource pack
#NIAN2020Explorer Belt
The ladders game
Norway in a nutshell
Badges Covered: Timings:
10-15 minutes
Instructions:
- All beavers/ cubs/ scouts should sit in two rows facing a
partner with their legs outstretched so their feet touch.
- Allocate each cub pair a word from the story that is
highlighted (if there are more group then there are
words highlighted create two ladders or select other
relevant words from the story.)
- Read the story aloud and every time a pair hear their
allocated word they must stand up, run down the ladder
over the legs of the other pairs and run back up the
outside to the top before making their way back to their
seat. The first person back wins
The story can be found in the resource pack
#NIAN2020Explorer Belt
Gris
Badges Covered: Timings:
Norway in a nutshell
Explor 3-5 minutes per game/round play as
er many rounds as you like
World
Challen
ge Area
Instructions: You will need...:
Rules of Gris A deck of cards (or
two if there are
• Each player sits in a circle and receives 4 more players)
cards
• Each player passes one card to the left
while receiving one from the right
• The objective is to get four matching
cards
• Once you have four matching cards you
place your thumb on the edge of the
table
• When the first person puts their thumb
on the edge of the table the other
players race to put their thumb on the
table
• The last person to do so is eliminated
#NIAN2020Explorer Belt
Norwegian Language Games
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Norway in a nutshell
Between 5-20 minutes depending on
which game you choose
Instructions:
Game one
• Cut up the words in the resource pack and separate the
English words from the Norwegian
• Have them in two piles and get the young people to match
the English words with the Norwegian
• See who can get the most correct in 3 minutes
Game two
• Cut up the words in the resource pack and separate the
English words from the Norwegian
• Have one set (For example The Norwegian set) lined on a
table and the other (for example the English set) set in a
pile on the other side of the table.
• Have the young people in teams of 4/5 and run a relay race
• One person goes at a time and matches one word
• The relay continues until all the words are matched up
correctly.
• People can change the matches already made by a
teammate to make the match correct
#NIAN2020Explorer Belt
Norwegian Language games (Cont)
Badges Covered: Timings:
Norway in a nutshell
5-20 minute depending on which game
you play
***If you develop this to use sentences/ simple
phrases it can also get cub communicator badge
and scout international badge***
Instructions:
Game three
• Each person holds up a Norwegian word on their forehead
• the group have to discover the word in English and then act it
out/describe it to the person holding it up
• The person holding it up must guess the word in either Norwegian
or English.
•
Game four
• Half of the group get an English word and half of the group get a
Norwegian word
• Pairs have to find their corresponding word in the opposite
language
• There are two sets of phrases, one general and one Scouty
#NIAN2020Explorer Belt
Norwegian cities
Badges Covered: Timings:
Norway in a nutshell
15-30 minutes
Instructions: You will need...:
Teach your sections the main cities of Norway • Map of Norway (found in
by playing “pin the city on the map” which is resource pack)
similar to “Pin the tail on the donkey • Cut outs of each city
• Blue tack/magnet strips to
• Have your map and cities ready to stick the citites on the map
show the sections where each city is • A blindfold
• Blindfold on person at a time • Laminating resources to
• Each person takes a turn to try and laminate the map (optional)
pin the right city in the right place on
the map
Vary the game by doing it in teams/relays to
be the fastest and most accurate at pinning
the cities..
Tweet us (@WYSGlobal) or send us a picture
via facebook (WYSGlobal) of the best
attempts at putting the cities in the right
places!
#NIAN2020Explorer Belt
Norwegian corners
Badges Covered: Timings:
Norway in a nutshell
10 minutes
Instructions:
Now that your sections know the cities of Norway, you can play Norwegian corners!
• In your meeting place choose four cities and ‘label each city a corner
• Everyone should stand in the centre of the room
• When the leader shouts out a city, the young people should run to the corne/side of
the room that represents that city
• The last person to get there is out
• Keep going until there is one person left, they are the winner
You can add phrases and actions that happen in the middle of the room for more advanced
versions of the game.
Here are three examples
“shipsvrack” – swim around because the longboat has been shipwrecked
“Kaptein” salute because the captain is coming
“Bat” paddle because you are in a boat
#NIAN2020Explorer Belt
Offsite Nordic activities
Badges Covered: Timings:
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A full meeting night.
Explor
er
World
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Instructions:
A popular Nordic activity is Axe throwing! Here is a list of
places you could take your older sections to experience
this incredible experience, right here in the Yorkshire!
• Your local scout campsite visit www.wyscouts.org.uk
to find out where they are.
• Timber jacks in Leeds Website:
https://timberjacks.club
• White Wool bushcraft school, Linthwaite,
Huddersfield Website
https://whitewolfbuscraftschool.com
• Hazlewood castle activity centre between Leeds and
York Website www.live-for-today.com/hazlewood-
cast-leeds/
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Explorer Belt
Three station rotation craft (1) – Norwegian heart
garland
e
Norway in a nutshell
Badges Covered: Timings:
A full meeting night.
Instructions: You will need...:
• Trace the heart garland template on to two • Coloured card
pieces of different coloured card • Scissors
• Cut them out with the scissors. • Tape/glue
• Following the outline on the template cut • Ribbon
two lines length ways, starting at the flat • Paper
end of the template, leaving a one-inch gap • String
at the top of the card. (Curved edge)
• Weave the two pieces of card together to
create a heart shape
• Repeat until you have 4/5 hearts
• Cut a small strip of paper and attach one
end to the front of the heart and one end to
the back to create a loop, attach these using
tape or glue.
• Thread ribbon/string through the loops of
the hearts to create the garland.
#NIAN2020Explorer Belt
Three station rotation craft (2) – Northern lights
chalk art
Norway in a nutshell
Badges Covered: Timings:
A full meeting night.
Instructions: You will need...:
• Cut out two mountain shaped stencil • Chalk
using the spare paper or card • Black card
• Take stencil 1 and place it over the • Spare card/paper to
bottom half of the black card. create a stencil with
• Using blue chalk colour the edge of
the stencil.
• Take stencil two and place this
slightly above the first stencil
• Take the green chalk and colour over
stencil two
• Using a piece of tissue spread the
chalk upwards towards the top of
the page (Don’t go all the way up)
• Continue to move the second stencil
up the page. Leaving an equal gap
each time and colouring in each time
• Chalk colours should be; blue, green,
yellow, orange, purple and red.
#NIAN2020Explorer Belt
Three station rotation craft (3)- Norwegian flag
Badges Covered: Timings:
Norway in a nutshell
A full meeting night.
Instructions: You will need...:
• Take a full piece of red card • Red card ½ or ¼ size of a4
• Cut out a strip of white card length • White card
ways and one width ways. Make • Blue card
sure both strips are 2cm in • Scissors
thickness. • Lolilipop stick/suitable
• Stick the white strips in a cross alternative for flag pole
slightlyto the left hand side of the • glue
red cardmaking a cross in the centre
• Cut out two blue strips that is
slightly thinner than the white strips
but the same length.
• Stick the blue card over the top of
the white card.
• Stick the flag to the lollypop stick
• Wave it in the air like you just don’t
care!
#NIAN2020What Now?
Now that you’ve completed some of our Norway In a Nutshell
Activities you’ve earned our special NIAN Badge
Badges cost £1.50 and all funds are going towards the trip for
Norway in a nutshell
the young people who have put this resource together as a
fundraising idea.
You can order your badges by following the link and filling in
the form. Buy your badges here!
If a young person or leader who is going to Norway has
provided or delivered this pack/meeting for you, please put
their name(s) as a reference when asked and the money
raised from the badges you buy will go to them specifically.
Thank you very much for using our resource pack, we
hope you had fun and know a little bit more about
Norway, Scouting in different cultures and have some
fresh games to play with your young people!
Use our Hashtag to
share your Norway in
a Nutshell Activities
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